Iranian ski mountaineers Navid Meghdid and Hossein Seid have collected two gold medals in the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) European Series Kamchatka Race 2016 in Russia.
On Saturday, Meghdid took part in the junior vertical race competitions at Kamchatka ski resort and stood atop the podium.
Seid vied for the top honor in the cadet vertical race contests and picked up the gold medal.
The ISMF European Series Kamchatka Race 2016 opened in Russia’s far eastern peninsula of Kamchatka on April 22, and is scheduled to wrap up on April 24.
Ski mountaineering is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. It is an activity that variously combines ski touring, Telemark, backcountry skiing, and mountaineering.
The three prestigious races in the field are the Italian Mezzalama Trophy, the Swiss Patrouille des Glaciers, and the French Pierra Menta.